I perused through the FAQs for the "round robin exchange", and it sounds just like the seed train. There are some useful tips in there; they recommend that whoever organizes the round robin/seed train should also print up mailing labels of all the participants of the exchange (or at least a list?) in be included in the package, also with their GW name. Seems like a good method to keep things organized, so no time is lost. (i.e. so the next person can send the package off right away)

Also, when the package arrives/is mailed off, the recipient or mailer should post an update here. Just so we're all on the same page. :)

Now that I've sifted through all this info on Round Robins, I'm guessing that that forum is probably a better place to post about this exchange. Rockell, that's up to you if you want to bother moving all this to the Round Robin forum, or keep it here in the Seed Exchange. I'll stay in which ever thread you want to be based out of. For the future though, in case this seed train is a success and you want to add more people, I'm guessing the Round Robin forum would be a great place to recruit!

1. All seed train members will need to supply me with name
and address, which will be on the list enclosed in the seed box.
In addition, I will need an e-mail address where you can be easily
reached, and your phone number. These will be kept confidential,
used only by me and only if you cannot be reached by PM when it is
your turn to get the box.

2. seeds only please, no bulbs as this makes the weight go up

3.each person is responsible for paying to ship the box to the next person.
I'll trying a get a flat rate box that only costs like 5 dollars to ship

4. Please package seeds in paper envelopes or Ziploc baggies, again, to save on weight and postage.

5. All seeds are welcome, from commercial packages to home saved.

6. please post when you recive the box so we know you recived it.

this way I can contact the next person.

7. like wise please post when u ship the box.

8. if i can't contact the next person in line via forum, email or phone. they will be skipped.

9.Please try to send the box on as quickly as possible,
within a week at most, so that the train can make at least a couple circuits.

10. Take as much as you would like from the box and replace with a like amount of seed.

11. Please post to this thread and let other riders know if there is something special you have to
offer, and/or if you have requests�it makes it more fun when you know there is a little
extra something special coming your way.

does anyone think i should wait since only 3 people wanna participate or should we just go ahead with this?

Well, as for our small train maybe it couldn't hurt to post at the Round Robin exchange and see if any one else wants to join in. That forum gets a lot of traffic, and I'm guessing that a lot of people who'd normally participate have bypassed this forum here (i.e. they haven't seen this thread). You'd announce this as a "Cali residents" trade, or whatever.

Your seed train rules sound great.

This'll be fun! I think I have some good veggies and edibles to trade. Not really a lot of summer crop vegetables, though. And it's probably too late in the year to be growing certain plants (but it's California, what does that matter! Our seasonal pattern is kinda weird right now anyways.) Off the top of my head I've got some peas, herbs, lettuce, radishes, peppers, egg plant, kale, and I found some Romanesco broccoli seeds a couple of days ago that I'm really excited about planting!